The government can aid in reducing pollution by using a policy of cap-and-trade, which means that
A) polluters are taxed on the amount of pollution they discharge.
B) emission charges are established by the government.
C) each polluter is assigned a pollution limit and is given tradable permits that allow this amount of pollution.
D) only some producers pollute and the others go out of business.
C
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The unemployment rate is the
A) percentage of employed people that does not have a job. B) number of unemployed people. C) percentage of the working-age population that does not have a job. D) percentage of the labor force that does not have a job. E) percentage of the population that does not have a job.
A relationship between two events where one event occurring brings about the other is described best as:
A. a pattern. B. a trend. C. causation. D. correlation.
Does a more steeply sloped Phillips curve make the sacrifice ratio smaller or larger than otherwise?
If workers leave a country to seek out better opportunities in another country, then this will
A) shift the short-run aggregate supply curve of the original country to the left. B) shift the short-run aggregate supply curve of the original country to the right. C) move the original economy up along a stationary short-run aggregate supply curve. D) move the original economy down along a stationary short-run aggregate supply curve.